KARACHI: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tweeted his personal “anguish” at the death of a 10-month-old infant reportedly caused when the entrance to Karachi’s Civil Hospital was closed off to the public because of protocol and security surrounding his visit to inaugurate a trauma centre there.

The PPP chairman also said that he would personally inquire into the incident and determine what exactly happened. That said, the visit has been severely criticized as having directly led to the death of 10-month-old Bisma whose father was trying to take her to the emergency services area of Karachi’s Civil Hospital.

Anguished over Bisma’s death. Am personally inquiring into this heart breaking incident to ascertain what went wrong.

The infant, suffering from measles, lost her life as her father was bringing the girl to the medical facility. The doctors stated that the infant’s life could have been saved if she was brought to the hospital 10 minutes prior to her death.

The father of the baby girl, expressing sadness and grief over the death of her daughter, said that the leaders do not care for anybody but themselves.

“There was a traffic jam outside the hospital. I had to abandon my motorcycle in order to reach the medical facility. I had reached the hospital but they refused to let me in”, he said.